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Woodstock Crematorium Appealing to OMB

Wednesday, 29 May 2013 11:22

A proposed crematorium in Woodstock is headed for the Ontario Municipal Board. Back in April, City council voted 4-3 to deny a zone change application for the Bysham Community Business Park proposal though they had previously supported the sale of the half acre of land to Good for $32,500. President of Ontario Cremation Services, Carl Good believes the denial of his application had nothing to do with zoning and says council left him no choice but to file an appeal with the Ontario Municipal Board. "If you just read the paperwork as to why it was denied, even in council chambers or even at the council meeting the day of all of the questions were about the environment and questions about who I was going to be doing business with where's my business coming from. What about those questions have anything to do with a zoning amendment?" Council denied the application stating it did not fit the industrial community though Good says other businesses in the area cause more industrial harm than anything he would be doing. He says he's confident the OMB will find his proposal does fit into an industrial setting and will not have a negative impact on other businesses. Good says his application has been filed though he is not sure at this point when the matter will come before the OMB.

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